{"id":27577,"date":"2018-07-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/porsche-959-paris-dakar-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-03T05:15:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T05:15:51","slug":"porsche-959-paris-dakar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/porsche-959-paris-dakar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 1980s were particularly exciting in terms of motorsport. On racing circuits there were the ever-faster Group C prototypes and even on the dusty, muddy scree slopes of the World Rally Championship true bullets rolled past the numerous fans. At best times eight different manufacturers competed in this category. Next to that there were a handful of other manufacturers developing cars in the behind the scenes. This included Porsche. They showed their Gruppe B study at Frankfurt Motor Show 1983 and developed it into the hypercar of the 1980s, the Porsche 959. It was a supercar with potential for rally stages and a contemplated Group B class in circuit racing. The latter never came about, probably because apart from Porsche only Ferrari with their 288 GTO showed serious interest.

Porsche in 1984 used the body shell of the 911 Turbo for the development of its first four-wheel-drive production vehicle, put it up on higher suspension and bigger wheels and sent the result to the Paris-Dakar Rally where it promptly won. A year later they returned with three new test vehicles, which now optically quoted the new 959, but still stood on large, coarse-grained off-road tires. In the rear, however, tinkered a 3.2 liter naturally aspirated engine from the 911 Carrera instead of the turbo six-cylinder boxer engine with 2.85 liters displacement later used in the production car. In 1986 Porsche finally competed in the Paris-Dakar Rally with the complete technology of the 959 and three newly built racing cars.<\/p>\n\n\n

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